Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:58:09 01/24/01
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On January 24, 2001 at 08:46:46, martin fierz wrote: >On January 24, 2001 at 02:53:55, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 24, 2001 at 02:14:20, Tania Devora wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>Here are the total number of checker positions sorted according to the number of >>>pieces on the board. > >[snip] > >>I think that these numbers are not correct and they are only upper bounds. >> >>It is clear that there are many illegal positions that cannot be reached from >>the initial position and it seems that you counted them(otherwise the C vs V >>number seems too big). > >these numbers are what jonathan schaeffer quotes in his book 'one jump ahead'. >i think his calculations can be trusted :-) I think that my logic can be trusted and there are not many legal positions(positions that can be achieved in a game from the initial position) when both sides have 12 pieces on the board. Uri
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